The Routledge Handbook of the History of Philosophy of Science after Kant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Padovani, Flavia.

Series:

Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy--History.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (955 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.

Summary:

The History and Philosophy of Science (HOPOS) is a relatively new yet rapidly growing field. Emerging from diverse approaches within the history and philosophy of science, it encompasses a wide range of philosophical reflections on the nature, methods, and subject matter of science, all considered within their historical contexts.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors

HOPOS Unfolded: Roadmap to the Discipline

Part 1 Perspectives on Philosophy of Science

1 The History of Philosophy of Science as an Ecumenical Movement

2 History of Philosophy of Science

3 Turns to History in Philosophy of Science

4 Integrated History and Philosophy of Science

5 General Philosophy of Science

6 The Sociological Turn

7 The Practice Turn

8 Feminist Philosophy of Science

9 Socially Engaged Philosophy of Science

Part 2 Traditions and Movements in Philosophy of Science

10 Victorian Philosophy of Science

11 The Emergence of Scientific Philosophy

12 The Emergence of Psychophysics

13 Neo-Kantianism

14 French Positivist Philosophy of Science

15 French Conventionalism

16 Bachelardian and Continental Epistemologies

17 Logical Empiricism

18 The Received View and its Images

19 Critical Realism and early American Philosophy of Science

20 Pragmatism, Abduction, and Religion

21 Naturalism

22 Kuhn's Influence and Legacy

23 Critical Rationalism and the Debate over the Rationality of Science

24 Marxist Philosophy and History of Science

Part 3 Specific Theories, Issues, and Concepts

25 Ernst Mach's Principle of Economy Across Scientific Fields

26 Space, Time, and Geometry

27 Early Philosophical Interpretations of Special and General Relativity

28 Quantum Mechanics

29 Causality and Determinism

30 Induction

31 Probability

32 Structures and Structuralism

33 Scientific Realism and Constructive Empiricism

34 Constructivism as a Bridge between Philosophy and Science

35 Post-Enlightenment Vitalism

36 Philosophy and Race Science

37 Measurement

38 Experimentalism and Tools of Science

39 Models and Theories.

40 Visualization and Diagrams in Mathematics

41 Calculation in Kind: From Socialist to Ecological Economics

42 Four Traditions in the History of Values in Science

Part 4 Philosophy of the Special Sciences

43 Philosophy of Mathematics

44 Philosophy of Chemistry

45 Philosophy of Biology

46 Philosophy of Medicine

47 Philosophy of Psychology and Psychiatry

48 Philosophy of the Social Sciences

49 Philosophy of Cosmology

50 Philosophy of Climate Science

Author Name Index

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781003381051

1-003-38105-7

1-04-071803-5

1-04-045840-8

OCLC:

1553693863